Teaching
Pharmacology represents, within medicine, a bridge between the understanding of the natural science foundations of the human body and clinically applied medicine, thereby connecting medicine with the natural science disciplines of biology, chemistry, and pharmacy. The Walther Straub Institute also represents this interdisciplinary bridge in its teaching profile: at our institute, scientists, pharmacists, and physicians teach in various study programs and curricula. The Walther Straub Institute is responsible for teaching pharmacology for the degree programs in human medicine and dentistry at the Faculty of Medicine of LMU. In addition, our institute teaches in the Master's program in Human Biology as well as in other natural science master's programs and is centrally integrated into numerous doctoral programs.
Human Medicine
In human medicine, the large number of medications and indications poses the challenge for students of meaningfully integrating this initially very abstract information into their future medical practice. Through modern, application-oriented teaching formats, close collaboration with LMU clinics, and a coordinated curriculum, PharMeCuMLMU, pharmacology teaching connects the natural science foundations learned in the pre-clinical section with applied, clinical medicine in the second section.
In the LMU Munich human medicine program, MeCuMLMU, we award two certificates required for admission to the second state examination. In the first clinical semester (Module 1), the basics of therapy and diagnostics are taught. In a lecture accompanied by two seminars, students learn the basics of pharmacology, the various drug classes, and their mechanisms of action in the subject of General Pharmacology and Toxicology. The correct use of drugs is discussed using clinical case studies. The subject of Clinical Pharmacology/Pharmacotherapy is taught as an interdisciplinary subject, as stipulated in the Medical Licensing Regulations. In clinical semesters 2 to 5, the teaching of clinical subjects is consistently accompanied by courses from our institute. In lectures, exercises, seminars, e-learning, and team-based learning sessions, sometimes in tandem with representatives of clinical institutions or the hospital pharmacy, the competencies necessary for the application of drugs to patients and the development of patient-oriented pharmacotherapy are taught.
Dentistry
In the dentistry program, pharmacology and toxicology with drug prescription teaching for dentistry students is taught by our institute in the fifth or sixth semester as a one-semester lecture, and the corresponding certificate is awarded. The teaching content includes the effects and use of drugs as well as an introduction to the toxicology of materials. In the interest of patient safety, application-oriented topics such as the safe prescription of drugs, the identification of at-risk patients undergoing drug therapy, and the pharmacological management of emergencies in the dental practice are discussed.
Master’s Programs
The Master's program in Human Biology – Principles of Health and Disease is jointly organized by the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Biology. Supported by the Elite Network of Bavaria, this program trains a small cohort of selected international students in current biomedical research and development. Our institute is centrally involved in practical training in working with model organisms and in the cardio-pulmonary system and offers the module Principles of Human Disease and Treatment, which is open to students from all natural science master's programs and consists of a lecture with an accompanying seminar and research internship.
Doctoral Programs
Through the intensive research activities of our institute, we are extensively involved in postgraduate education. In our laboratories, scientists, pharmacists, and physicians pursue doctorates in joint interdisciplinary scientific projects. We are also involved in teaching scientific skills within the structured doctoral programs of LMU. As part of MeCuMLMU Science, the scientific curriculum in the human medicine program, the FöFoLe program, and the DFG-funded Research Training Group Targets in Toxicology coordinated by us, lecturers from our institute offer numerous courses on various topics.
Teaching Coordinators:
Johann Schredelseker: Clinical Pharmacology/Pharmacotherapy (Interdisciplinary Subject Q9), MeCuMLMU Science
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Alexander Dietrich: General Pharmacology and Toxicology (Module 1), Pharmacology and Toxicology with Drug Prescription Teaching for Dentistry Students
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Ingrid Boekhoff: Master’s Programs & Doctoral Programs in Natural Sciences
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Student Secretariat:
Antje Kaufmann
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